Patents by Inventor Ernst-Andreas Kunne

Ernst-Andreas Kunne has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6675752
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine including a cylinder head having gas-exchange valves, at least one camshaft supported on the cylinder head, which camshaft is driven by a crankshaft to actuate corresponding gas-exchange vales on the cylinder head, and a camshaft adjuster arranged on the camshaft. The adjuster has a hydraulic pressure chamber and is configured to use hydraulic pressure to rotate position of the camshaft relative to the crankshaft to change control times of the gas-exchange valves. A feed device for hydraulic pressure is provided on the camshaft adjuster and is configured as a component separate from the cylinder head. The feed device has a ring for each camshaft, each ring having two grooves, each of the grooves being connected via associated hydraulic pressure channels in the feed device to a hydraulic pressure valve. Each ring is arranged to surround a section of the camshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ernst-Andreas Kunne, Andreas Knecht